Fox News Anchor Totally Outmatched By Religious Scholar Defending His Book On Jesus

A rather awkward exchange occurred on Fox News' "Spirited Debate"
program Friday, with religion correspondent Lauren Green
somewhat incredulous that Muslim scholar Reza Aslan could write a
book about Jesus Christ.

"You're a Muslim, so why did you write a book about the founder
of Christianity?" Green asks at the beginning of the interview.

"Well, to be clear, I am a scholar of religions
with four degrees, including one in the New
Testament, and fluency in biblical Greek, who has been studying
the origins of Christianity for two decades," Aslan says, "who
also just happens to be a
Muslim."

This wouldn't be the only time Aslan had to remind the host he
was a religious scholar and an academic. As a professor of
religion, Aslan says, "that's what I do for a living, actually."

Later in the interview, Green likens his writing on the topic to
having a "Democrat write a book about why Reagan wasn't a good
Republican. That just doesn't work."

"It would be like a Democrat with a Ph.D. in Reagan who has been
studying his life and history for two decades writing a book
about Reagan," responds Aslan.